scholarly journals Job preferences of undergraduate nursing students in eastern China: a discrete choice experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tongtong Liu ◽  
Shunping Li ◽  
Renyong Yang ◽  
Shimeng Liu ◽  
Gang Chen
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Liu ◽  
Shimeng Liu ◽  
Tiantian Gong ◽  
Quan Li ◽  
Gang Chen ◽  
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Abstract Background Pharmacists are a crucial part of the health workforce and play an important role in achieving universal health coverage. In China, pharmaceutical human resources are in short supply, and the distribution is unequal. This study aimed to identify the key job characteristics that influence the job preferences of undergraduate pharmacy students and to elicit the relative importance of different job characteristics to shed light on future policy interventions. Methods A discrete choice experiment was conducted to assess the job preferences of undergraduate pharmacy students from 6 provinces in mainland China. A face-to-face interview was used to collect data. Conditional logit and mixed logit models were used to analyse data, and the final model was chosen according to the model fit statistics. A series of policy simulations was also conducted. Results In total, 581 respondents completed the questionnaire, and 500 respondents who passed the internal consistency test were analysed. All attributes were statistically significant except for open management. Monthly income and work location were most important to respondents, followed by work unit (which refers to the nature of the workplace) and years to promotion. There was preference heterogeneity among respondents, e.g., male students preferred open management, and female students preferred jobs in public institutions. Furthermore, students with an urban background or from a single-child family placed higher value on a job in the city compared to their counterparts. Conclusion The heterogeneity of attributes showed the complexity of job preferences. Both monetary and nonmonetary job characteristics significantly influenced the job preferences of pharmacy students in China. A more effective policy intervention to attract graduates to work in rural areas should consider both incentives on the job itself and the background of pharmacy school graduates.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. e0211345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimeng Liu ◽  
Shunping Li ◽  
Yujia Li ◽  
Haipeng Wang ◽  
Jingjing Zhao ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e0165940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc-Francois Smitz ◽  
Sophie Witter ◽  
Christophe Lemiere ◽  
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou ◽  
Tomas Lievens ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e50315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Huicho ◽  
J. Jaime Miranda ◽  
Francisco Diez-Canseco ◽  
Claudia Lema ◽  
Andrés G. Lescano ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
Dijuan Meng ◽  
Guihua Xu ◽  
Lin He ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
William V. Padula ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e82984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishna D. Rao ◽  
Mandy Ryan ◽  
Zubin Shroff ◽  
Marko Vujicic ◽  
Sudha Ramani ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuexia Liao ◽  
Ting Han ◽  
Sumei Wang ◽  
Ye Jiang ◽  
Yiyun Yang ◽  
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Abstract Background: Different education systems or cultural backgrounds may influence the effectiveness of various educational approaches. Little literature explores the effects of TBL on Chinese undergraduate nursing students. Method: We implemented a quasi-experimental pre-/post-test quantitative and qualitative design to evaluate the intervention effect of TBL on undergraduate nursing students in eastern China. Results: The results showed that a significant difference was identified, as the post-test scores were higher than pre-test scores on average level of the Chinese version of Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, the General Self-efficacy Scale and the Academic Self-efficacy Scale. Also, TBL obtained positive reflection from the students and the Teaching Supervision Team. TBL stimulated the students’ learning interest and was well-accepted well by the nursing students. Conclusion: TBL could be widely used in undergraduate nursing education.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0250652
Author(s):  
Alexandra Mumbauer ◽  
Michael Strauss ◽  
Gavin George ◽  
Phuti Ngwepe ◽  
Charl Bezuidenhout ◽  
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There is a maldistribution of human resources for health globally, with many Lower- and Middle-Income Countries experiencing significant shortages. We examined healthcare workers’ job preferences in South Africa to identify factors which potentially influence employment decisions. A discrete choice experiment was conducted among 855 South African healthcare workers critical to its national HIV testing and treatment programs. Job characteristics included workload, workplace culture, availability of equipment, training opportunities, sector and facility type, location, salary and benefits. Main effects analysis was conducted using fixed effects logistic regression. Interaction effects identified divergence in preferences. Heavy workload (OR = 0.78; 95% C.I. 0.74–0.83), poor workplace culture (odds ratio 0.66; 95% C.I. 0.62–0.69), insufficient availability of equipment (OR = 0.67; 95% C.I. 0.63–0.70) and infrequent training opportunities (OR = 0.75; 95% C.I. 0.71–0.80) had large, significant effects on worker preferences. An increase in salary of 20% (OR = 1.29; 95% C.I. 1.16–1.44) had a positive effect on preferences, while a salary decrease of 20% (OR = 0.55; 95% C.I. 0.49–0.60) had a strong negative effect. Benefits packages had large positive effects on preferences: respondents were twice as likely to choose a job that included medical aid, pension and housing contributions worth 40% of salary (OR = 2.06; 95% C.I. 1.87–2.26), holding all else constant. Although salary was important across all cadres, benefits packages had larger effects on job preferences than equivalent salary increases. Improving working conditions is critical to attracting and retaining appropriate health cadres responsible for the country’s HIV services, especially in the public sector and underserved, often rural, communities. Crucially, our evidence suggests that factors amenable to improvement such as workplace conditions and remuneration packages have a greater influence on healthcare workers employment decisions than employment sector or location.


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